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♪ . >> the crisis in ukraine is growing today lawmakers scheduled a referendum for march sick teen to decide if the region should be part of ukraine or russia. for it's operations in ukraine. to ukraine, we are following all of the latest developments. let's begin with jennifer, jennifer, is it fair to say, that we saw a major acceleration of antagonism from crimea today. >> absolutely, tony. you know, this announcement from the parliament that first of all, that it wants to separate from the ukraine, wants to be a part of russia, and moving the referendum from march 30ing to march 16th came as a big surprise, and certainly accelerates things here very much.

russian troops have taken positions across the peninsula, they are blockading ukrainian troops and the ukrainian -- and artillery bay here behind me. a lot of tension here, and concern about where this is all going, and of course a very divided part of the ukraine here. there are also many ethnic ukraines here, who are very unhappy about what is going on, so this just raches things up, make as lot of people very worried tony. >> this decision, ten days from now, and make it about returning to russia seems to really propel the international community, and into taking a much tougher line with russia. >> that's right. president obama says the referendum isn't constitutional. that it probably will not be recognized.

we have heard real questions about where the parliament even has the right to do this, now the people think that they do, and earlier today secretary of state john kerry had very harsh words for russia. >> we cannot allow russia or any country to defy international law with impunity. there's no place in the community of nations for the kind of aggression and steps that we have seen taken in ukraine, in these last days. >> but tony, the people here believe what they are doing is just the same as what happened in kiev a couple of weeks ago. they believe they are taking power into their own hands. that they will let the people decide what comes next, of course, they don't recognize kiev, kiev doesn't recognize the officials that makes it all so much more difficult. of course, russia is not talking to them either, so a very complicated situation. lit be difficult to solve

simply. >> that's the real issue here, the russians and the ukrainians have to start talking to one another. about an hour ago, the house of representatives approve add bill backing 1 billion-dollars in loan guarantees to ukraine, mike mckerr rah is live for us, and mike, the senate will take this up as well. >> right. >> but mike, earlier today, the president spoke about what he called pa path of d escalation. what do they say on that? >> yeah, a couple of moving parts. the house voted in economic aid to ukraine. virtually everybody of conservative tea party republicans. secretary of state john kerry and his counter part, it appears that the white house decided that it was time for them to give it another push.

here is a good chons of what he had to say. >> there's also a way to resolve this crisis. as well as the ukrainian people. let international monitors into all of ukraine, to ensure the rights of all ukrainians are being respected including ethnic russians. with the participation of the international community. >> provided by it abides by the agreements and respects ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity. and the world should support the people as they move to elections in may. this is what the president has been talking about, the so called off ramp. if they are really concerned as they are from the statements of

sergei, that ethnic russians and russians speakers are being somehow persecuted and elsewhere, eastern ukraine obviously a big concern, continues to be a big concern about the administration, trying to look closely at russian man moves and see whether that is the next domino to fall, if you will. then the white house very concerned about that, the president encouraging russia very publicly to take that and allow those monitors into crimea. >> is there an announcement on sanctions from the united states? >> there was, and the president talked about that as well. official whose have taken part in what russia is now ex-computing in crimea. this is an expansion of earlier bands that the administration announced last week. but also a frame work, now, tony, note the language here.

your ply have too much at stake to join in. >> it's been described as the cathedral of consume consumerism. this is the european mall. the huge floors filled with all the top brands. >> .

>> we will cooperate more, and turn east. >> but if the brand new financial center at the heart of the city, the mood on the currency and trading desk is more relaxed. a feeling that the sangs are a two way street. >> they know that sanctions can cut both ways russia is quite simply europe's biggest single trading partner, accounting for more than 40 pest of trade last year. no surprising that the e.u. failed to share the enthusiasm for strong economic measures against russia. >> some of europe's biggest economies are most vulnerable. germany, 40% of it's gas and oil come from russia, while the other way

around germany accounts for 30% of all exports to russia. france, in 2011 negotiated the biggest sale of weaponry to russia, worth 1.6 billion r thats, including putting up for sale a pair of helicopter carriers, the first due for delivery this year. and london is now the safe haven for russian billionaires who spent $900 million on the london property market in the last year alone. with 70 russian companies listed on the london stock exchange. they don't really expect as much and they don't expect there will be a substantial damage. >> a raft to retalalay story measures if sanctions are i believe posed on russia. a new law would allow moscow to seize western companies, individual private accounts and personal property can can also be confiscated

russian lawmakers say the new legislation would defend our sovereignty from threats. on thursday, the e.u. froze the assets of the former ukrainian leader, and 16 other senior officials. that sanctioned met could well be widened now, following news that the decision to join the russian federation. al jazeera, in moscow. >> former ukrainian prime minister, and other opposition leaders are in dublin today, meeting with the european people's. to separate from ukraine, just ten days away now. >> we must now find a european wide legal and decent solution in this situation. >> but there is little time left. if we allow russia on march 16th, hold the referendum on the annexation of premier, we

will lose ukraine. and stability. throughout the whole world. recently released following the volatile protest she spent more than two years in jail on charges of abuse of office. tonight on al jazeera, what you don't know about president vladimir put tyne, while he is worth billions his work with the kgb and a look at his rise in return to power. conservative activists from across the united states kicked off marry annual convention today. and potential candidates and is already generated some buzz. al jazeera is there for us, and libby, day one of the conference, i guess just wrapped up. what were some of the highlights, please?

>> yeah, so we just got through today, a lot mr. speakers including rand paul, some people are really looking forward to hearing from tomorrow. today one of the big buzz moments is when governor chris christie took the stage, but i want to first tell you about the beginning of the day. we heard from senator ted cruz, he got what i heard as the best applause when he said appeal obama-care. you can see others that are trying to up their conservatives. going through his own challenge back in his home state with the challenge to the right. he got some nice applaud and then he held up a rifle over his head, and the crowd went wild. that rifle was actually a gift for senator tomko burn who is living the

senate for health reason and has long been a staunch economic fiscal conservative. want to circle now back to chris christie he was the buzz of the day. he was snubbed because he was seen as being buddies with president obama and working with the president in the aftermath of hurricane sandy. so everyone was watching to see how he would be received today, let's take a < to what he had to say. >> we need leaders now, who are willing to say not only that we are against obama-care, which we are, we need leaders that are only going to say that we are against higher taxes which we are. we are against a bigger government, we are against more inintrusion into our constitutional rights. we are against all those things but we need to also talk about what we are for. we need to talk about the fact that we are for a free market society, that allows your effort and your engine knewty to determine your success, not the cold hard hand of government.

he talked a lot about his fellow governors and all they have to answer to the party. >> libby, you have been talking to these, what is -- generally speaking the move like. thousands of people here a lot of young people, college students who come here on buss to participate in this, and what i heard from a lot of them, that they like the politicians with the executive experience. they like the governors, we are talks about the governors of ohio, for some of them the governor of new jersey, but they like people that are outside the belt way that can pose a problem for the inside washington folks like marco rube bow, who spoke today. republican senator of florida, even ted cruz who is trying to paint himself as a outsider, but as they look to the midterm elections they are looking for fresh faces and new names and people that can energize the party and bring that

outside experience into washington, 2016 and 2014. >> yeah, libby casey for us, just outside of washington, d.c. good to see you, appreciate it. thank you. maria is here with more of kind of a behind the scenes look at c pack, and how the convention is playing out. maria? >> tony, i want to show you some of the scenes backstage, you can see here, governor crist christy with mr. christie, and marco rubio, take a look at this. he is speaking to senator marco rubio here, and political actually tweeted out this picture, marco taking a sip of water and this you will recall, tony, may remind you of that -- >> yeah. >> last year when he was taking water right after. >> his response to -- what was that the state of the union. >> the state of the union address, and here you have donald trump, taking a picture with a lot of young republicans at this convention, and take a look at this, this is

rand paul, someone who afacts a lot of young republicans this is a cut out of him, and he just tweeted this out saying visit rand pack.com and enter to lunch with me, this is in the hallways also another scene, this is a ragan fan on stilts. >> okay. >> but this has been the picture that has been tweeted out over and over again. and people have made comments for and against 24, and take a look at this, a lot of people love taking this with a little bit of humor, he called himself a republican political, he says mitch mcconnell holds a oversized toothbrush up in the air to excite the crowd, and this one was sent out, i knew that mcconnell photo looked familiar. this is will farrell's. >> that's pretty clef. >> using some humor there. >> right, see you later in the newscast, thank you. >> the senate voted today, to block a bill to strip military commanders of their authority to prosecution rape and

other serious offenses. the pent gone opposed the lemn sleighs, says commanders should have more responsible for the men and women they lead. rosalyn jordan is in washington, d.c. for us, and has more on this, good to see you, what is this change going to mean for these cases. >> well, basically, the status quo stays, tony, right now when someone has a complaint, that he or she has been sexually assaulted by someone else inside the military, the persons commanding officer is in charge of not only investigating but also has the ability in some cases, and it is quite controversy to overturn a decision should that person actually go before a court marshal and be convicted. of course, this is a very controversial decision, because there are many people in the u.s. senate where this vote took place, a couple of hours ago, who want to see a change, they feel that the military hasn't been

taking the problem of sexual assault jeerly enough, and they say the only way for this to be stopped is to bring in civilian lawyers. what was the flash point for this, how do we get to this potion, where there was this legislation and debate. >> you would have thought it was the tails of scandal or any other number of prominent sexual assaults that became public, but really, it came down to reports that there was a problem at lackland air force base, where all people that want to become airman join the air force have to go through their basic training, so many of the young people who war going through basic training said that they were being sexually harassed had been raped had been coerced. and you name it.

however, the failure of this particular bill does not mean that those who want to see something tougher done, in the way of dealing with sexual assaults aren't going to try again. >> all right, thank you. a father who won a settlement after wrongly spending a decade in prison may not see any of the money, and exposing athletes bodies to negative 290-degrees to improve their performance.

report.azeera has our >> it was 2004 when

dwayne of detroit was convicted of killing a neighborhood drug dealer. the 26-year-old father of three small children was sentenced to 32 years to life behind bars. but he was innocent. >> for the the first couple of years i was real angry. confused didn't know what direction to turn in. >> after nearly ten years he found a way out with the help of the university of michigan's innocence project, he was exonerated of all charges and freed p is a new battle began. when i walked out of the jail, it was like all 9 1/2 years was a nightmare, and i woke up. >> province who is 40 years old now, sued detroit in civil court, mask add settlement panel proposed he get a $5 million payment, the city then had to either agree to pay, or go to trial. risking exposure of

police misconduct and possibly a larger damage award. but then, detroit filed for bankruptcy, and province's lawsuit along with hundreds of others were put on hold indefinitely. >> me, personally, it is like the little man is getting screwed. 2349 end. >> he was dealt yet another blow when detroit emergency manager released a plan to dig the city out of billions of dollars in debt. after an unsecured creditor, just 20 cents on the dollar, he says under those terms a pay out from the city wouldn't be enough. >> i don't believe -- >> the city owes him. i think they will be a form of apology to me and my family, when i got out of prison there wasn't no apology, we are sorry for

what had happened. >> he has since married the woman he was dating when he was first arrested, he planned on using the settlement money to put himself and his older children through college, while his case has been put on hold, he says he is still forging ahead with his plans. >> al jazeera detroit. >> on wall street, encouraging news, helping to lift the dough, some 61 points today. the s&p 500 rose to territory. staples announced today will close 225 stores as sales decline. last week radio shack said it will shut as many as 1100 stores. other retailers that target the middle class, caredden restaurants jc penny, and zeros, also having trouble attracting customers rick newman joins us now, he is the senior writer of the exchange.

and yahoo finance. good to see you, appreciate your time. have the troubles with these companies kind of directly related to what we are seeing or reporting on here in al jazeera america which is the shrinking midding class. >> yeah, i think it is a direct outcome of difficulties in the middle class is having. and other retailer you can add to that list is wal-mart, which has been posting disappointing results, the ceo even said that wal-mart had been hurt by cut backs in food stamp benefits voted on in washington, in 2013. basically what we are seeing is we all know the job market remains very sketchy. >> yeah. >> incomes are barely rising, so ordinary middle class people are they are just not staying ahead of inflation, which is low, but incomes are not going up, and at the same time, we are starting to see cut backs in washington and other things like that, we have had a cut back this year,

and extended jobless benefits and that is taking money right out of people's pockets. luxury retailers are doing pretty well, but there are a lot of retailers in the mid that will are struggling. >> i am just curious, caredden restaurant doesn't mean anything to me, i know it is a company. what are symptom of the restaurants in the family. >> i think two most people would recognize are olive garden red lobster. >> okay, these are sort of popular, a lot of locations. but what do you cut out when you have to -- when your budget is down by only 5%, what do you cut out? you cut oa trip to the restaurant, and that's exactly where these kind of cut backs are hitting the economy. >> so if they are not spending money in these retailers that target the middle class, tell me again where the money is being spent? >> well, people are spending money, they are just spending a little

bit less. >> got you. >> and it doesn't sound like a lot, but if sales go down just a couple of percent, we heard staples is going to close 200 something, 225 stores that's about 110th of its retail footprint that's what happens when sales decline. you have to cut back your retail footprint, and we also know that sales are moving to online. so everybody who has a prominent position online is doing okay, and interestingly, tony, staples is very successful online. they are i think the last time i looked the number two ecommerce site behind amazon. is basically they just have too many stores. >> so they are shutting down the brick and mock tar shots. >> exactly. >> he is the senior writer of the exchange, at yahoo finance. stick with am al jazeera

america, for coverage -- tomorrow's key february jobs report starting at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. new developements in ukraine, a city council has declared the city a part of russia. full details next, plus, what could be a real break through treatment doctors believe a second baby born with hiv, may have been cured.

>> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance.

could be a significant break through in the fight against h,v and aids. a second child infected at birth has no signs of the virus after being treated with drugs just hours after being born the baby from long beach is now nine months old, the news could could revolutionize treatment

options. before communities crippled with high hiv rates one in seven people infected with the virus of children. and an estimated 1,000 babies are born with hive every day. treatment is based on detection, fewer than 30% of hive exposed babies are tested within six weeks of being born. and joining me to discuss this is jeff. he is director of clinical research, with the elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation. jeff, good to see you. >> is currently off of hive therapy, simply, in long beach as you have

heard from yesterday's reports, the baby girl was treated within four hours of birth, with drugs for hive, and is still on treatment, however, but by the most sensitive measures that we can look for hive. so what was used? just fascinating by this, what was used are we talking about some kind of a drug cocktail here. >> sure. absolutely. it's actually the standard care for infants in this country. once they are diagnosed. it is a combination of azt threetc to start. and then added an inhibitor later when it is okay to do so.

the doctors were very aggressive, which is what may have helped get rid of the signs of it. >> i don't want to get too deep in the weeds here, but can you explain how this attacks the virus. >> schools from different perspectives, there are two different -- three different. the first two, attack one of the main enzymes that uses to replicate inside the body, and the third one which is the -- which is added later in this is one of the most powerful drugs that was developed in the 90's, is another enzyme that the virus uses to help it make more copies of itself inside

the body. >> you are doing a terrific job. >> you are doing a terrific job at explaining it. so tell me about the treatment protocol, how long is the pay by on the medicines and at what point is the child taken off this cocktail? >> well, they are different in both cases. as i said, the long beach is still on therapy. and will continue to be on therapy i think i heard the news reports that they expect to keep the infant only treatment for believe two years of age. in case of the mississippi infant, the baby and it's mother when the baby was 18 months old. so the baby had been treated from 30 hours after month, through to 18 months with the triple drug cocktail, and then was lost to follow up, and they did not find the mother and infant again until six months later, at that time, they looked for hive and could not find it.

and they still now 3 1/2 years later still not able to find hiv in that infant, and in that case therapy has not been restarted which is more amazing. talk to me about scaling this up. it sounds like the chief take away is boy if we can get more testing done, there's more than can be done, so how do we scale this up and what needs to happen, and what kind of message needs to be sent to the community? >> it's a great question, and it's the stumbling block, because access to prevention of mother transmission programs as well as access to the drugs to prevent both the transition, as well as trying to do in this case. are really the stumbling

block. we need to get more access to the therapies to prevent nit the first place. nor the potential therapy. has been doing this for years with both the research and now care and treatment programs. our programs have reached more than 17 million women around the world. and create a generation free, we are getting through be still a long way to go. >> what a mission. >> absolutely. >> jeff, appreciate it, jeff he is the director of clinical research with the elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation. terrific to talk to you, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> and we have breaking news from ukraine, where the city council in the crimea city of has declared the city to be part of russia.

this comes hours after lawmakers schedule add referendum for march 16th on whether the region should be part of ukraine or russia, let's get back now to jennifer glass, and jennifer, can you explain what has happened here. >> phoneny, just when you think things can't get more complicated. voting this evening that it will take part, also that it declares part of the russian federation. used the european charter of local self-golf to do that. the social and cultural rights the part of the law of ukraine and part of the constitution, i think siting so many things because it is trying to head off any legal challenges, but with things moving so fast here, president obama said earlier today, that ukraine's referendum

isn't legal because it goes against the constitution, whether this will be considers legal as well is questionable, but clearly, crimea trying to take control of it's own destiny, a lot of self-determination, declaring itself part of russia, nobody knows what that means. it doesn't change anything day-to-day, i am not sure what it means for the borders. for the borders and crimea. it has always been a special city, it only became part of ukraine in 1978, it was a special autonomous city, as well because it is home to the black fleet. it is a very strategic city, so very very big news that it is trying to make itself part of russia. >> following developments fast and furious there for us. join joins us now with a look at the significance of the referendum in ten days and what that can mean for ukraine, john.

>> oh my. >> oh my indeed right. >> soar hoo it goes. this is the place we are talking about. you can see ukraine, here in moscow. ins the disputed -- now says it is part of russia. now, go back to 1954, and the then soviet leader transferred responsibility for the administration. from moscow to kiev, still under the system of course, we don't know why he did it, there's no real reason, but he did. and once that happened ukraine became an independent country, and five years later, under the new constitution, ukraine designated crimea

to be a semiautonomous region. now, today, just to keep you up to speed, the majority of the population, many have passports, of the other two main groups that make up the population. now here, this is the important thing. this is the warm water port now says it is with russia, but the key thing, is it is home to the kremlin back sea navy fleet. which is the smallest of all four. however, it allows them to have swift access, and offers influence over the ball kins and also the middle east. what does that mean? for almost 20 years they have held elections for their own called the 100 member supreme council, and it has executive power held by a hand

full, and a chairman who serves with a nod and a wing, from the ukrainians. knew, the course, however, are part of the judicial system. they do not have autonomous authority. so bring you straight up to today. they have voted in favor of a referendum, offering the people the option by the siding with kiev or with moscow. as you heard, they are bringing it up to the next couple of days. whether this vote will be legal, negotiating mind under international law, which according to bodies like the u.n., it may well not be, but local law, because remember the courts down there, worked with ukraine. >> wow. >> so tony, a very complicated situation, i think just got a little more complicated. >> you are doing a great job of explaining it, john, appreciate it, thank you. >> in libya, normer

gaddafi's son is back in the country. he is reportedly being held in this prison after nijer handed him over. his father was ousted and killed. during a popular uprising after ruling the country for 30 years. said the discovery was coincidentally made a day after the proisrael lobby held it's annual meeting in washington. iranian media said the ship was event bedty u.s., and israel to apply pressure on tehran. the israelis said yesterday they found syrian weapons being smuggled by iran to palestinian fighters in gaza. and army general pleads guilty in a sexual assault case, maria has more on that and other headlines from across the country today. >> tony, at fort brags

north carolina brigadier general pled guilty to charges of having two adulterous affairs and impeding in investigations, but he did not plead guilty to the more serious charges of sexual assault, sodomy, and threatening the lives of a junior officer and her family. general sinclair faces life in prison if he is found guilty on those charges, he is one of the highest ranking army officers to be court marshaled. in tampa florida, military veteran whose have suffered dramatic injuries. it is part of a program getting veterans baaing into the work force. that that 145 reports. >> this marine says the images of war embedded in his mind are nothing compared to the images of child exploitation he has discovered on i-phones and hard drives. justin partner lost his legs during a touring in afghanistan, but he said he wasn't prepared into looking into the warped mind of a child predator.

>> they are doing these heinous trials here back on the soil i was trying to protect. and the things that they are doing, are just absolutely disgusting. they are now waging an online bat toll take down as many child predators as possible, using computer forensics. they are unpaid interns working as a division of the department of homeland security, along with 13 others there's a first class of hero core. the program's mission is to provide disabled and injured veterans with training so they can find not just a job, but a career. it take as special person, and they have demonstrated their mental psychological and their physical toughness. so they make the perfect candidates to be able to deal with this. >> he suffered a dramatic

brain injury. he says for seven years he has been trying to trank six and land a job with the federal government. >> without a job, you lose your sense of belonging. you come from a family and you enter the civilian world, and it is a struggle trying to fit into where you used to, especially for wounded vets. >> the $10 million program is funded through the private sector. it's goal is to see 200 train and emplied. >> hopefully this program will go through like everybody says it will, and we can start hiring vets again. offense specially with how many homeless vets are out there. reinvigorating those mentoring them. al jazeera, tampa florida. >> and in massachusets

the state's highest court ruled that taking unwanted photographs underneath a person's clothing is not illegal. they are called upskirt photos and the judges ruled that since the women in the case were not nude or partially nude, no law was broken. the incident in questioned happened in 2010 when several women were photographed and videotaped from underneath their skirts or dressing, by a imagine using his cell phone. that's not an invasion of privacy. >> i know. >> come on. >> defend that. >> appreciate it, thank you. >> you are back in a few minutes right? is. >> a nitrogen deep freeze may be the best thing to fix an athletes injuries. doctors with the nba team the phoenix suns are using a cry owe chamber to breathe new life into their players.

mimes plumlee is familiar with the saying no pain no gain, that saying has a new meaning because the team is using this. a cry owe chamber used to help reduce inflammation in the body. >> there's a couple of versions of it. we use nitrogen gas, the gas comes in, the players actually in here, the nitrogen gas circulated. we will usually get there somewhere around minus 200 degrees. walking out in the middle of january and standing in the snow for two minutes. close to that. >> the major benefit is oxygenated blood.

>> after 2 1/2 minutes they leave the chamber, the blood started flowing through the body again. >> i was kind of scared. first, our frasier he checked your heart, and your blood pressure, and everything, so i'm like huh-oh, what is that. we just want to make sure that everything is okay. and you know, for the first time i was kind of scared but it is good for your body, especially if you have back to back games. and that gives injured blood cells and the chamber say they can feel the difference. >> and recovery -- you're getting -- >> performance afterwards.

>> you still rejuvenated fresh, so whether it's your leg or whole body, feel like there's more energy. >> the suns training emphasizes the intervention. the impact of the therapy has a positive for the team -- for the cry owe chamber. >> al jazeera. >> and coming up, how is using twitter to find al quaida also how police tell if someone is too high to drive. trying to figure out as more states legalize marijuana. tomorrow. on al jazeera america

department is using social media to deter people from getting involved in al quaida, maria is back with that

story. >> the state department has been tweeter out #s think again turn away using this twitter account. it's think again underscore dos, this is a verified twitter account, it says some truths about terrorism, it has 1,001 followers and they have tweeted out 378 messages in the last couple of months. and they are sending out messages like these that was tweeted out just today, this one says in the twenty-first century, al quaida is still crucifying people in yemen. and they have also tweeted out this, what al quaida has in mind for syria's children, think again, turn away. they have also been communicating with groups that are affiliated with al quaida. the children of syria would be better off if

they were spared exploitation. >> from a militant group from iran, he says we wear masks not to protect our identity, but rather to protect our sincerity. you can best show your sincerity by not murdering women and children with suicide bombers and tony, they tweeted out this picture as well, how can slaughters the innocent be the right path. s that are some of the tweets that they have sent out, in the state department has said in the past, groups like al quaida have been writing their messages in english, and this is a way for them to count tear. >> have to win the messaging battle here. >> thank you. >> marijuana has been legal in colorado for what two months now, and that brings up a whole new issue of how much weed a driver can smoke before getting behind the wheel. a.

>> a grand new ad campaign designed to keep people from driving high. they want to revenge accidents like this one, that happened just after recreational marijuana was sold legally. >> i am looking at the semiand i am going to see what they are doing. >> how does law enforcement tell the difference between stoned and drunk driving. introduce myself and tell them why i am, and they will tell me based on that, i will start do get cues. >> before they pull anyone over, troopers must have probable cause. >> i can't arrest somebody based on an odor. >> the law says drivers are impaired with five nan grams of tch, but

there's a loophole. people charged with driving under the influence, can try to convince them they were not high. >> it was how the substance might effect someone, and i don't think necessarily it matters whether it's five nan grams or lower or higher. it is just behavior. >> it is frustrating for law enforcement, and for the marijuana community, because in a marijuana community, it is left not really knowing whether they can be -- whether they are truly impaired. sonar in colorado there have been go arrested of driving under the influence of marijuana a day. >> carol mckinley, al

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parliament has voted to become a part of russia. along with a major city in that region.

the u.s. says world powers stand together behind the government urging russia into talks. meantime, president obama upclaired a public vote to become a part of russia, a violation of international law. those remarks followed an executive order to oppose sanctions who threaten democracy in ukraine. governor chris christie is one of dozens of republican leaders to address the annual conservative gathering outside of washington, d.c. today. thousands of republicans are in town for the three day conservative political action conference, also known as cpac, the senate voted today to block a bill to strip military commanders of their authority to prosecute rape and other serious offenses. the pentagon opposed the legislation says commanders should have more responsible for the men and women they lead. last year, congress approved several changes to military law, they include stripping commanders of the ability to overturn jury convictions. former leader son is back

in the country after fleeing during the 2011 uprising. he is reportedly being held in a prison in triply, after fly jeer handed him over. inside story is next. on al jazeera america. >> the s.a.t. is about to get another makeover, the best title for this half hour of t.v. news would be a inside story.